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Dunno how many of you know about M.I.A., but thanks to the success of Pineapple Express, her joint "Paper Planes" has been twisted every which way, even lending a sample to T.I.'s "Swagger Like Us." Jay and Wale chose to get on an actual track with homegirl. "Boyz" is from her '07 album "Kala." Love me some M.I.A. Do yourself a favor and find some other music by her. It'll change your world... Links and backstory of the Wale remix after the jump.


Courtesy of elitaste:
So back in June of 2007 Wale met with Jay while he was still at Def Jam. On the way out of the meeting, MIA’s “Boyz” video came on TV and Jay jokingly said to Wale, “Man I should test you with that beat” as they were walking onto the elevator. Wale had been touring Europe with Ronson for about 2 months at this point and had hung out with MIA so he was already savvy. He went and recorded to it the next day. That song ended up becoming The Bmore Club Slam which Scottie B produced (featured on Mixtape About Nothing). Well, with the recent success of MIA’s “Paper Planes” thanks to the Pineapple Express trailer, Interscope is re-releasing her album with “Boyz” as a single…again. Interscope asked Wale to do a remix and I guess Jay-Z and Akon did ones too. Well now that Jay’s is out we thought, hey, let’s put this out with the verse Wale recorded 3 weeks ago and a brand new verse he recorded today.


Boyz (rmx) - M.I.A. Featuring Wale

Boyz (rmx) - M.I.A. Featuring Jay-Z